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Region | Western Australia |
Issue | Equal age of consent |
Status | Unequal |
Start Date | Mar 23, 1990 |
End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
Description | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. |
Sources | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date.
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Start Date | Mar 1990 | Mar 23, 1990 |
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Status | Unequal |
Start Date | Mar 1990 |
End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
Description | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. |
Sources | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 |